More female caretakers said Wednesday that a Charleston [WV]financial adviser pretended to be a 3-year-old, made them change his diaper and tried to grope them.
Charleston police Detective S.A. Dempsey said that several more home health-care workers alleged that William Warren Mucklow victimized them.
�They all have similar stories,� Dempsey said. �I feel like I�ve been listening to a broken record today.�
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Some alleged victims � all women � told police they responded to classified ads that sought a caretaker for a mentally ill man who acts like a toddler, Dempsey said.Other victims said a woman who identified herself as Brenda Bailey responded to ads or phone listings for caretakers to arrange for them to care for a man named William in their home, he said.
A criminal complaint alleged that Mucklow pretended to be his mother to arrange for caretakers to visit his home. When they arrived, they found a grown man acting like a child, other complaints state.
While at his home at 608 Wood Road, the women changed Mucklow�s diapers, shaved his pubic area and bottle-fed him, complaints state. He also allegedly grabbed or tried to grab several caretakers� breasts.
At least 10 women had contact with Mucklow in a caretaker capacity over the past five years, according to criminal complaints, lawsuits and women who called the Gazette after reading about his arrest on Tuesday.
Mucklow, 38, was released from South Central Regional Jail on $10,000 cash bond Tuesday. He is charged with two counts of battery, three counts of writing worthless checks and one count of obtaining by false pretenses � all misdemeanors.
Dempsey said additional charges are possible, but have not been filed yet.
"Shaved his pubic area"???? Believe it or not, it gets even more bizarre as you continue reading. Details here from The Charleston Gazette. (I wonder if Mucklow is related to our pal William Rhode III?)
UPDATE: Here's another report from the AP.